Category: Politics

Is there really any point in holding a presidential debate in the Philippines?

September 21, 2015January 23, 2022 benign0 23 Comments

First of all, Filipino voters do not appreciate debates. They appreciate dance and singing numbers and seeing politicians mouth off the latest trending catchphrases. But when it comes to things that require thinking, guess what: Nosebleed! Indeed, if there is a national “debate” of consequence, it is happening only within a small clique of “politically…

Development, Politics, Society

Grace Poe’s Citizenship Issue: Roxas’ Last Hope To Win The Presidency?

September 21, 2015September 21, 2015 P. Farol 15 Comments

Just now, I came across an article from www.gmanews.tv which a friend of mine says carries a misleading headline because he says it may give the impression that Senate Electoral Tribunal Chair Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio had rendered a decision regarding the citizenship of Grace Poe. In the body of the article it reads:…

Government, Politics, Society

Grace Poe, like every Philippine presidential candidate, is over-promising

September 21, 2015September 21, 2015 Ilda 21 Comments

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If the Philippines were to hold the Presidential Elections now, Senator Grace Poe will come out the winner. In fact, if we were to believe the result of the surveys that show Poe consistently leading the popularity polls, holding the election in 2016 would just be…

Politics

Mar Roxas: “Akin Lang Ang Daang Matuwid.”

September 20, 2015September 20, 2015 P. Farol 18 Comments

Just kidding folks, Mar Roxas really didn’t say that, but he might as well have said it. Thing is, Roxas’ reaction to Senator Grace Poe’s announcement of her decision to run as president instead of accepting an offer to be his running mate in the 2016 elections might serve as an indication of the character…

Development, Government, Politics

Shouldn’t ABS-CBN apologize to Jejomar Binay as well?

September 20, 2015September 20, 2015 FallenAngel 28 Comments

Perhaps it’s too much to ask of ABS-CBN, though. Common sense should dictate that the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) student body was not the only aggrieved party. They weren’t the one who was “mistakenly” reported as being shouted at with trapo. Vice President Jejomar Binay, the one invited to the forum, was….

Culture, Media, Politics

ABS-CBN News cops the wrath of the University of the Philippines student body!

September 20, 2015September 20, 2015 benign0 8 Comments

The sloppy journalism of ABS-CBN News has finally caught up with it. In an “open letter”, the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Student Council (SC) pointedly denounced the “unethical journalism” practiced by the Philippines’ largest for-profit media corporation… Last Tuesday, 15 September, the Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay, visited the University…

Civics, Media, Politics

The Aquino Legacy Of Treachery And Tyranny: 3 Facts They Like To Hide

September 18, 2015 Grimwald 85 Comments

After my latest article about President Aquino’s rather desperate attempt to wash his hands of the Mamasapano Massacre, I was asked to further elaborate on certain points I talked about therein. I don’t know if this has already been discussed on this particular website, but I’m gonna go ahead and bring them up again anyway…

Crime, Media, Politics, Society

Did Spanish colonial rule doom the Philippines? Think again…

September 18, 2015 benign0 81 Comments

The following text taken from the bestselling book Sapiens is Yuval Noah Harari’s brilliant take on what set apart the European conqueror at the dawn of their golden age of imperialism from the peoples they conquered and from other empire builders that came before them: Around 1517, Spanish colonists in the Caribbean islands began to…

Culture, Politics